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title: Why's her hubby never out hunting? — Indian Fairy Tales, The Youngest Princ… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why's her hubby never out hunting? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1846 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Youngest Princess, part 30: the prince turns handsome, tricks his brothers-in-law and is refused at the gate» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an
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# Test 4 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, The Youngest Princess, part 30: the pr…

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Why's her hubby never out hunting?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** hubby · **What happens:** not be

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1846 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Youngest Princess, part 30: the prince turns handsome, tricks his brothers-in-law and is refused at the gate» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1846-pg7128-part30/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1846-pg7128-part30:t4:1
# text = Why's her hubby never out hunting?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	hubby	hubby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
6	out	out	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	hunting	hunt	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | her hubby |  |  |  |  | hunt, out *property* | tree rules |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He's just chilling at home since he's got no bow or horse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1846-pg7128-part30:t4:o1:1
# text = He's just chilling at home since he's got no bow or horse
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	chilling	chill	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	ccomp	_	_
11	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	12	det	_	_
12	bow	bow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chill** | present · progressive | He |  |  | home |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | present · passive | he | no bow or horse |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bow=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He's just resting now

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1846-pg7128-part30:t4:o2:1
# text = He's just resting now
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	resting	rest	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rest** | present · progressive | He |  |  |  | now |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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He's just chilling at home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1846-pg7128-part30:t4:o3:1
# text = He's just chilling at home
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	chilling	chill	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chill** | present · progressive | He |  |  | home |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He's chilling, not hunting at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1846-pg7128-part30:t4:o4:1
# text = He's chilling, not hunting at all
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	chilling	chill	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	hunting	hunt	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chill** | present · progressive | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **not** **hunt** | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  | all |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent at all=Location |

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